>> Red herring.  Thee are ways to bring labor into the country legally
>> without resorting to illegal workers.

> Agreed - that was not my point. My point was that legalizing farm
> labor will bring up prices, and while we want to lock down
> immigration, the price tag (literally) would present problems.
...

> My argument was that legally immigrated labor would cost the consumer
> more.

Probably not as much as restrictions on immigration. If you had Trump's mass
deportations, you would reduce the supply of labor. Less competition. Price of
labor component goes up. That might lead to higher food prices, or it might
lead to methods that are more capital-intensive and less labor-intensive such
as automation.

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